Re: mpc880 linux-2.6.32 slow running processes

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-8xx.h
index dd5ea95..cb67076 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-8xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-8xx.h

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define _PAGE_FILE	0x0002	/* when !present: nonlinear file mapping */
 #define _PAGE_NO_CACHE	0x0002	/* I: cache inhibit */
 #define _PAGE_SHARED	0x0004	/* No ASID (context) compare */
-#define _PAGE_SPECIAL	0x0008	/* SW entry, forced to 0 by the TLB miss */
+#define _PAGE_SPECIAL	0x0000	/* SW entry, forced to 0 by the TLB miss */

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index 5304093..1da03a8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c

@@ -173,21 +173,29 @@ static pte_t set_pte_filter(pte_t pte, unsigned long addr)
 	pte = __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_HPTEFLAGS);
 	if (pte_looks_normal(pte) && !(cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE) ||
 				       cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_NOEXECUTE))) {
-		struct page *pg = maybe_pte_to_page(pte);
-		if (!pg)
+		unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
+		struct page *pg;
+
+		if (unlikely(!pfn_valid(pfn)))
 			return pte;
-		if (!test_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags)) {
+
+		pg = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 #ifdef CONFIG_8xx
-			/* On 8xx, cache control instructions (particularly
-			 * "dcbst" from flush_dcache_icache) fault as write
-			 * operation if there is an unpopulated TLB entry
-			 * for the address in question. To workaround that,
-			 * we invalidate the TLB here, thus avoiding dcbst
-			 * misbehaviour.
-			 */
-			/* 8xx doesn't care about PID, size or ind args */
-			_tlbil_va(addr, 0, 0, 0);
+		/* On 8xx, cache control instructions (particularly
+		 * "dcbst" from flush_dcache_icache) fault as write
+		 * operation if there is an unpopulated TLB entry
+		 * for the address in question. To workaround that,
+		 * we invalidate the TLB here, thus avoiding dcbst
+		 * misbehaviour.
+		 */
+		/* 8xx doesn't care about PID, size or ind args */
+		_tlbil_va(addr, 0, 0, 0);
 #endif /* CONFIG_8xx */
+
+		if (!pg)
+			return pte;
+
+		if (!PageReserved(pg) && !test_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags)) {
 			flush_dcache_icache_page(pg);
 			set_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags);
 		}